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This fully-grooved axe was donated to the Kansas Historical Society. Axes like these are made by pecking a hard stone into a rough shape and then grinding and polishing it into its final state. They get their name from the hafting groove, which fully encircles the axe body. These axes often date to the Middle to Late Archaic period.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 455952
Call Number: 14AD 1986.E.250 Fay donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455952
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Axe
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Materials - Woodworking
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Anderson
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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